Joseph Stiglitz on Pioneering Economic Theories, Policy Challenges, and His Intellectual Legacy

Published: June 26, 2024, 11:30 a.m.

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz joined Tyler for a discussion that weaves through Joe\u2019s career and key contributions, including what he learned from giving an 8-lecture in Japan, how being a debater influenced his intellectual development, why he tried to abolish fraternities at Amherst, how studying Kenyan sharecropping led to one of his most influential papers, what he thinks today of Georgism and the YIMBY movement, why he was too right-wing for Cambridge, why he left Gary, Indiana, his current views on high trading volumes and liquidity, the biggest difference between him and Paul Krugman, what working in Washington, DC taught him about hierarchies, what he\u2019ll do next, and more.

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Recorded April 22nd, 2024.

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